The Bookstore Girls Podcast Book Club discussion

Libby convinces Nora to take a vacation to a small town in NC and live out her own type of a Hallmark movie romance. While on surface, it appears that everything is going against Libby’s plan—Nora falls for Charlie, a city guy—in what ways did Book Lovers end up with a similar story to those Hallmark movies? And in what ways did it differ?

Emily Henry said she wanted to write a novel from the ex’s point of view—the person who is left behind in those Hallmark Christmas movies. What are your thoughts about this and Nora as a protagonist?

A good bookstore”, says Charlie, “is like an airport where you don’t have to take your shoes off”. Truth? How does entering a bookstore make you feel?

Are you more of a New York City person or a Sunshine Falls person?

If they turn the novel into a film or TV adaptation, who would you like to see play the main parts?